Shopify did $61bn of GMV in 2019, up 49% in a year, but it's impossible for anyone to compete with Amazon.
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Replying to @benedictevans @XFaure
Shopify’s GMV is not only less than 1/5th Amazon’s, their take on that GMV is also considerably lower (less than 1/5th. Everything that can be sold on amazon can be sold on Shopify, but the opposite is not true and that Shopify operates in countries where Amazon does not.
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So yeah maybe Shopify can compete over the long run if things massively go their way and Tobi outwits the worlds greatest ceo, but absent antitrust, they are not in a realistic position to compete.
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after the stock settles... and if they are proving to be reliably profitable... I think they go private...
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Then they really can't compete with Amazon. How would they get the capital to compete? Just their fulfillment effort alone (which everyone else has failed at except for Amazon) will be massively capital intensive.
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don’t really think they are or can compete... they just have their own lane... heavily dependent on payments.
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Word. Amazon gets a 15% commission which they in part pay to payment processor. Shopify gets a 2.9% which they in part pay to processors. Tough spot to be in. Amazon also has a $40 monthly fee and charges ads. Good luck shop!pic.twitter.com/TIaszxQ5k9
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Replying to @Molson_Hart @gooderdle and
Can't Shopify offer their own aggregation of sold products to search across and then ads?
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Good idea. They can. IIRC they toyed with this but it was not well received by their sellers? If I'm then, I'm def trying to do that somehow.
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Replying to @Molson_Hart @gooderdle and
Interesting. I guess vendors don't want competition but flip side is free listing and hence marketing, guess they can make it opt-in
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Replying to @synthapy @Molson_Hart and
right. think it’s been a few years since they tried it.
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